The Viewbook Visual Storytelling Grant supports photographers who explore the varied possibilities of visual storytelling and pursue creative ways of bringing their work to a wider public. Guy Martin, winner of the The Viewbook Visual Storytelling Grant 2016 is originally from England, now based in Istanbul, where he has been producing a long-term project on the rise of Turkish soft power and the complex new identities in the Turkish Republic. “Guy Martin’s The Parallel State was probably the most compelling project, combining an important topic with a clear visual approach and a strong transmedia proposal aimed at reaching and engaging a contemporary audience.”